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Igor Makarevich

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born in 1943
graduated from the Insititute of Cinematography, Art dept.
since 1979 member of 'Collective Actions' group


Selected solo exhibitions

2009
In situ (with Elena Elagina). Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

2007
Russian idea (with Elena Elagina). XL Gallery, Moscow

2005
"Withing the limits of the beautiful" (with Elena Elagina). State Tretyakov gallery, Moscow

2003
"Pagan" (with Elena Elagina). XL Gallery, Moscow

2002
"Iron fly" (with Elena Elagina). XL Gallery, Moscow

2001
"Zooanthropomoses". Art-Moscow Studio, Central House of Artists, Moscow
"In search of lost time". Krings-Ernst Gallery, Cologne
"Evidence of harmony". Yaroslavl Art Museum, Yaroslavl.

2000
"Drawings of the old Soviet masters". XL Gallery, Moscow
"Borisov’s museum". Edsvik Konst, Sollertuna, Sweden
"Visioneer Borisov. Within the bounds of Beautiful". NCCA, Nizhny Novgorod
"NOMAZH" (with Elena Elagina). Morbid anatomy museum at Veterinary Academy. St-Petersburg

1999
"Borisov's diary". XL Gallery, Moscow
"Homo Lignum 99". Spider&Mouse gallery, Moscow

1997
"Homo Lignum". XL Gallery, Moscow
"Partial change". Obscuri Viri gallery, Moscow

1996
"Lignomania". XL Gallery, Moscow
"Die mowe". Karin Hertin, Berlin

1995
"Playing cricket". Obscuri viri gallery, Moscow

1994
"Living on the snow". Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
"The writer's story". Central House of Artists, Moscow
"Seagull". Art III Gallery, Berlin

1993
"Closed piscine exhibit and other installations" (with Elena Elagina). Krings-Ernst Galerie, Cologne

1992
"Within the bounds of beautiful" (with Elena Elagina). L Gallery, Moscow

1990
"Closed piscine exhibit" (with Elena Elagina). MANI museum, Moscow region
"Freedom - Liberty". Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York

1979
"Abramov. Chuikov. Makarevitch". Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris


Selected group exhibitions

2009
Sketches of installations. XL Gallery, Moscow
Arsenale. Biennale di Venezia, Venice
Obscure object of desire. Stella Art Foundation at Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

2005
Angels of History. MUHKA, Antwerp
Russian Pop Art. Tretyakov gallery, Moscow
Russia! Solomon R. Guggenheim museum, New York

2004
Moscow-Berlin. State Historical museum, Moscow

2003
Moscow-Berlin. Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin

2002
"Contemporary Russian painting". XL Gallery at New Manege, Moscow

1996-97
"Moscow Studio USA tour". Corcoran Museum, Washington DC; Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York

1996
"Russian atelier". Amsterdam
"Fluxus yesterday, today, tomorrow". Central House of Artists, Moscow

1995
"Kunst im verborgenen. Nonkonformisten Russland 1957-1995". Wilchelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen; Documenta-Halle, Kassel; Staatliches Lindenau Museum, Altenburg, Germany
"Kraftemessen - Instant Archaeology". Akademie der Kunste. Berlin
"Esotericum". XL Gallery, Moscow

1993
"Adresse provisoire pour l'art contemporain russe". Musee de la Poste, Paris
"Monuments: Transformation for the future". ICI, New York; ICA, Moscow
"Malevich to Kabakov". Ludwig Museum, Cologne

1992
"Topography". L Gallery, Moscow
"a Mosca... a Mosca..." Villa Campoleto, Ercolano; Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
"Ex USSR". Museum Groningen, Netherlands

1991
"Perspectives of Conceptualism". The University of Hawaii Art Gallery; Clocktower Gallery, New York
"MANI Museum - 40 Moskauer Kunstler im Frankfurter Karmelitenkloster". Frankfurt-am-Main
"Contemporary Soviet art: from thaw to perestroika". Collection of Tzaritzyno
Museum of contemporary art. Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
"Kabakov. Kiesewalter. Makarevich". Galeria Parallela, Valencia, Spain

1990-91
"Between Spring and Summer: Soviet Conceptual Art in the Era of Late Communism". Tacoma Art Museum, ICA Boston, Des Moines Art Center
"Adaptation and Negation of Social Realism". Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Connecticut
"Another art. Moscow 1956-1976". Tretyakov Gallery, Mosocw; Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

1990
"The Green Show". Exit Art, New York
"The Work of Art in the Age of Perestroika". Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York

1988-89
"Smile, please!". Galerie Comptoir de la Photographie, Paris

1987
The First exhibit of Avantgardists Club, Moscow
"Post-Socialist Realism". University of Maryland, USA

1983
"Come Yesterday and You'll Be First". City without Walls: urban artists collective inc.
Contemporary Russian Art Center of America. New York

1982-84
"Russian Samizdat Art". New York, Washington DC, Rochester, Richmond, Vancouver, Seattle, Pittsbourg, Los Angeles

1981-82
"Russian New Wave". Contemporary Russian Art Center of America. Soho.
International Art Center. New York

1981
"Nouvelles Tendences de l'Art Russe Non-Officiel. 1970-1980". Le Centre Culturel de la Villedieu, France
"25 Years of Soviet Unofficial Art. 1956-1981". Museum of Soviet Unofficial Art, Jersey City, USA

1980
"Nonconformists. Contemporary Commentary from the Soviet Union". Art Gallery, University of Maryland, USA
"New Tendencies in Russian Non-official Art". New York

1979
"20 Jahre unabhongige Kunst aus der Sowjetunion". Kunstsammlung. Museum Bochum, Germany